It's Great To Be Home

Safe v. Brave

July 21, 2011 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 51 Comments

Today I’ve been on Pinterest, pinning light fixtures like it’s going out of style. You see, our dining room looks like this right now:

Actually, it looks like this:

We knew the day would come when our lovely dining room set would go to it’s real home (with my uncle’s son) and, my friends, that day is here.

So not only do we need new dining room furniture (I’m thinking this table, not sure yet about chairs), but we’re springing for a new light fixture. The current one is going to live at the flip and mama’s gettin’ a new chandelier!

But I’m having a bit of a dilemma. Hubby has given me the go-ahead to order one of these chandeliers.

The brave girl in me is dying for the drama of that crazy Edison chandelier. Can you say conversation piece? Jason said that he wasn’t sure if our house was cool enough for this fixture, so of course I reminded him that our house will never be cool enough if we don’t add pieces like this. But now I’m scared.

And the other part of me that plays it safe thinks we should go for that gorgeous capiz chandelier. It would look fabulous, and I know we would love it.

So what’s a girl to do? Safe or brave?

Makeover: Our Covered Patio

June 24, 2011 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 19 Comments

I have been meaning to tell you guys about our covered patio forever!! You see, we gave it a little makeover this past winter and spring and now it’s all ready for some summer lounging!

The list of changes we made is actually pretty long.

The first phase took place while we were still flipping the last house – we lured some of the trades over to our house to work their magic, staining and scoring our worse-for-wear concrete patio, patching the sagging sheetrock in the ceiling and painting it a bright white to match the bow window and doors (it was a dingy gray before), and installing 3 recessed lights for some nighttime ambiance.

Then it was my turn to brighten things up a bit with a new color scheme and some fun new pillows – the striped ones are sewn out of fabric I bought in a market during my trip to France last summer!

The last time you saw our patio it looked like this . . .

. . . and before that it looked like this . . .

. . . but because of the changes we made now it looks like this!

I liked the old patio but this version is much more “us” – it feels cheerful and fun, and I hope it feels welcoming.

Wanna come hang out? :)

Update: Our Powder Room

June 20, 2011 By Liz - It's Great To Be Home 14 Comments

Another weekend, another fun new update in our powder room!

Last weekend our powder room went from a little boring to bold, and this weekend I added this print from Persimmon & Pink that I’ve wanted forever.

Source: etsy.com via Liz @ It’s Great to be Home on Pinterest

Here’s how it looks in our powder room:

( As always, our powder room is impossible to photograph. )

I love it!

I thought about going for an all silver and white vibe in the powder room, but that just felt too classy for me. :) I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to add some fun color, and I think this print does the trick!

What do you think, do you still miss the stars or have you jumped on the colorful print bandwagon with me?